Syllabus Information

5.1. Methodological overview

See "Learning activities" and "Syllabus".

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.2. Learning tasks

• Theoretical lectures.
• Practical lectures.
• Individual work.
• Personal study.
• Assessment activities.

5.3. Syllabus

The course will address the following topics:

Topic 1. The great migrations of medieval Europe.

Topic 2. The institutional framework: urban and national identities.

Topic 3. Immigrants and their forms of social integration.

Topic 4. The presence of foreign groups in the Crown of Aragon.

Topic 5. The exile of ethnic and religious minorities: Moorish and Jews.

Topic 6. Theoretical framework of migration and its application to the Early Modern Age.

Topic 7. Spain, land of immigration: French immigration.

Topic 8. Spain, land of emigration: Spaniards in America.

Topic 9. The forced migration (I): Expulsion of the Moriscos.

Topic 10. The forced migration (II): The War of Succession and "austracista" exile.

Topic 11. The forced migration (III): slavery.

Topic 12. Migrations and exiles in the Contemporary Age. Concept and types.

Topic 13. Immigration and nationality. France, a country of immigration.

Topic 14. Exile. Spain: from the “afrancesados” to the Civil War (1936-1939).

Topic 15. The European civil war (1914-1945). Population and frontier movements.

Topic 16. Decolonization. Algeria. The Spanish presence. Pieds-noirs and harkis.

Topic 17. The formation of the State of Israel.

5.4. Course planning and calendar

See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

Cavaciocchi, Simonetta (ed.), Le migrazioni in Europa, secc. XIII-XVIII, Atti della 25 Settimana di Studi Datini (Prato, 3-8 mayo 1993), Florencia, Le Monnier, 1994.

Menjot, Denis  et J. Luce Pinol (eds.), Les inmigrants dans le ville. Insertion, integration, discrimination (XIIe-XVe siècles), París, L’Harmattan, 1996.

Navarro Espinach, Germán, “La presencia de grupos extranjeros en la Corona de Aragón (siglos XIII-XV) en J. A. Sesma (coord.), La Corona de Aragón en el centro de su historia, 1208-1458. Aspectos económicos y sociales, Zaragoza, 2010, pp. 161-190.

Andrés-Gallego, José, La esclavitud en la América española, Madrid, Encuentro, 2010.

Moliner Prada, Antonio (ed.), La expulsión de los Moriscos, Alella (Barcelona) Nabla, 2009.

León Sanz, M. Virginia, “Austracistas”, en Jordi Canal (coord.), Exilios: los éxodos políticos en la historia de España, Madrid, Silex, 2007, pp. 75-112.

Salas Auséns, José Antonio, En busca de El Dorado. Inmigración francesa en la España moderna, Bilbao, Prensas Universitarias del País Vasco, 2010.

Blanco, Cristina, Migraciones: nuevas movilidades en un mundo en movimiento, Barcelona, Anthropos, 2006.

Canal, Jordi (ed.), Exilios: los éxodos políticos en la historia de España, siglos XV-XX, Madrid, Silex, 2007.

Verdès-Leroux, Jeannine, Les Français d'Algérie, de 1830 à aujourd'hui, Paris, Fayard, 2001.